By the Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, president and executive director of SCI For over 25 years, the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Ministry on the River chaplains have served mariners working our… Read More
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Capt. Michael “Joe” Snodgrass, 78, of Morgantown, Ky., a former ADM towboat captain who worked on the river for 43 years, died January 3. Being a captain on the river… Read More
“There is no single silver bullet or unicorn technology” for lowering emissions, said Gary Sarrat of Caterpillar Marine. Instead, there are many choices, each with trade-offs to consider. Sarrat was… Read More
Agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland recently announced that it is partnering with HGK Shipping to develop a hybrid low-emissions, self-propelled barge for service in its German supply chain. The new… Read More
Alter Logistics Company celebrated a ribbon-cutting August 5 to open its brand-new fertilizer warehouse in Saint Paul’s South Port River Terminal. The new warehouse is paired with a new rail… Read More
Eymard Marine Construction & Repair Inc. recently completed a 1,500 hp. towboat that was a long time in the making. Named the mv. Caleb J. Eymard, it was constructed for… Read More
In an agreement that was finalized October 30 but is only now being publicly disclosed, American River Transportation Company (ARTCO) agreed to operate all the assets of TPG Mt. Vernon… Read More
Grain companies Cargill Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) have agreed to effectively exchange several grain elevators on the Illinois and Ohio rivers, Reuters reported last week. Under the… Read More
A stretch of the Mississippi River in and near St. Louis, Mo., has become America’s center of gravity for grain-handling for transit and export. It is so dense with grain-… Read More
